Meet KESHINRO MURITALA OLAJIDE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Plant Physiology And Environmental Biotechnology
Lecturer II
Botany
At the Botany department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: Phyto-nanotechnology
Description: My interest in phyto-nanotechnology focuses on the use of plants in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, and the potential of the synthesized product s in solving environmental issues such as treatment of agricultural and industrial effluents.
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (Environmental Biotechnology) | Institute For Environmental Biotechnology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa. | 2021 |
PLANT-FUNGAL MUTUALISM AS A STRATEGY FOR THE BIOREMEDIATION OF HYDROCARBON POLLUTED SOILS
The current practice for the rehabilitation of hydrocarbon polluted environment particularly coal degraded environment, is the utilisation of topsoil for the establishment of vegetation, which itself is a scarce resource. In the quest for a sustainable bioremediation technology, a patented FungCoal bioprocess was developed as a viable alternative for the rehabilitation of coal degraded sites. This process utilizes plant-fungal interaction to achieve biodegradation of hydrocarbon polluted environment by producing enzymes such as laccase and manganese peroxidase enzymes which in turn promotes revegetation. One limiting factor of the FungCoal technology is that it requires co-substrates such as commercial humic acids or oxidized weathered coal to effectively sustain and potentially enhance the growth and activity of the coal-degrading microorganisms fungi .The main objective of this study was to characterize the coal-degrading fungi responsible for the biodegradation of bituminous coal and to investigate the effects of maize root mucilage on the ligninolytic enzyme activities of the fungal isolates. The results showed that the fungi belong to the Family-Trichocomaceae and can alkalinise the coal substrate as a result of increasing ligninolytic activities by the fungi, thereby creating a more mesic environment for sustained phytoremediation.
KESHINRO OLAJIDE is a Lecturer II at the Department of Botany
KESHINRO has a Ph.D in Environmental Biotechnology from Institute For Environmental Biotechnology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa.
